These posters from Missoula's Intervention in Action Project, a group of community organizations dedicated to ending sexual violence, provide an excellent twist ending to some of the awful, creepy, hateful expressions we're all so damn tired of hearing.
What did you do this weekend? I went out one night, I stayed in one night, I watched all of Season 2 of Portlandia, made some peach cobbler, and even had an impromptu dance party at a colleague's house. But the highlight of a pretty stellar weekend was staring at this picture of Joe Biden nuzzling a biker woman's ear…
You know President Obama's "Fired up! Ready to go!" chant from the 2008 election? Turns out it was all started by one woman, Edith S. Childs, at a 20-person rally in Greenwood, South Carolina. Not only did she get the whole room's energy up, but she also helped to fuel a winning campaign. Way to go, Ms. Childs.
Meet…
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The man with the hair we're supposed to ignore and the woman with the eyes we can't ignore have teamed up to have a phone conversation that we wish we could ignore. Donand Trump joined Michele Bachmann on a phone call to promote the Minnesota Congresswoman's Presidential campaign on Monday, and, as you might expect, it …
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Whether it's giving up sex for a younger face, or years of their lives for thinner thighs, the media loves a story about ladies renouncing shit. It's time for us to give up giving up.
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The same batshit crazy, terrorist-rhetoric crew that brought the D.C. area 355 airings of graphic shots of fetuses is trying to take it to the next level: first nationwide, then the Super Bowl. Will it work?
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Images understood to be from Prada's spring campaign have leaked. The ads may not have undergone final retouching (we can't tell) but all signs point to their authenticity. Other sites have removed the pictures, but we believe they're pretty newsworthy!
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In a story that seems straight out of The Onion, PETA has begun a campaign to rename fish as “sea kittens” in order to improve their image.
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France's Eram has launched a series of ads featuring ostriches and a naked guy with a tagline that translates to, "no women's bodies were exploited in this ad." Judge after the jump. [Feminist Law Professors]
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